----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Shephard<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:45 AM Subject: [KYGEN] Fw: [SCKY] CEMETERY PRESERVATION DATABASE NOW ON LINE Sandi gave permission to forward this email. Check out the website... it's really good! They still have many graves to catalogue but I found a few of my family with the search! Suzanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi Gorin" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 6:55 PM Subject: [SCKY] CEMETERY PRESERVATION DATABASE NOW ON LINE > You'll want to bookmark this address: www.history.ky.gov<http://www.history.ky.gov/> (or as a > shortcut go to: http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp<http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp> > > The KY Historical Society's Cemetery Preservation Program has > completed the inclusion of its database on the Society's Digital > Collections Catalog. More than 11,000 cemeteries in the state are > cataloged (sadly, not Barren Co yet). This project, of which I was > aware, was started in 2001; it includes many names and addresses of > the burial sites, names of people of historical interest that are > buried at the cemeteries and much more. Updates will be completed on > a quarterly basis. I did a check on the name Gorin and it brought up > several cemeteries of which I'm aware. When you reach the second URL > I gave you, you can enter as much information as you know on the > individual or just do a global search. There is also a list of all > the cemeteries on the database. > > Barren Co wasn't included yet because someone here decided just to > mail them a cemetery book and told them to do their own data entry > rather than having someone submit various cemeteries (of which we > have plenty). Being such a huge book and with 2 updates available > from Martha Powell Harrison and myself, they likely haven't tackled > it. I will contact them to see if I can send them some; I'm willing > to type them up to get them on line. > > But, I think you'll enjoy this site for the other counties and keep > checking back! Sandi > > > > SCKY Archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky> > Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren> > Sandi's Puzzlers: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message